Alexander Gillon

Alexander Gillon (1741-6 October 1794) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-SC 5) from 4 March 1793 to 6 October 1794, succeeding Thomas Tudor Tucker and preceding Robert Goodloe Harper.

Biography
Alexander Gillon was born in Rotterdam, United Provinces in 1741 to Scottish parents, and he was educated in London before becoming a sea captain. He sailed to Charleston, South Carolina in 1766, where he married a Kentish widow and made a new life for himself. He served in the Provincial Congress from 1775 to 1776 and served as a Commodore of the South Carolina Navy during the American Revolutionary War. After the war, he served in the US House of Representatives from 1793 until his death in 1794.